ESPN: Nate Clements in Redskins' plans?

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by mheisig

He's 27, been in the league 6 years. 6-0, 209, and I hear he likes long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners and cuddling.

Looks like he's grabbed a consistent 3-6 INTs every year, and average 50+ tackles per year.

Personally I think all our offseason investing needs to go into the defense. The offense seems stacked - I'm fine with our WRs, got depth at RB as it is, JC is the QB for the forseeable future, and please God leave the O-line alone to let them gel together even more.

Spend time on the D. A safety to complement Taylor, depth in the secondary period. The D-line needs some help too, and I'm not totally opposed to picking up some LBs.

One thing I noticed about San Diego when they were playing Sunday night is that not only are they amazing on both sides of the ball, but they're relatively young. They're talented on offense and defense, and seem built to last. Tomlinson has a number of good years left in him, Turner is just getting started, Gates is coming into his own, Rivers is just getting started, same with Merriman and Castillo. That's going to be a formidable team for a while if they can keep everyone together.

The thing is to get young players like San Diego you need to keep most of your draft picks and the current FO does not believe in this method - free agency is the current mindset of the Redskins front office and until they adopt a philosphy of building through the draft I don't think we will see younger players on the starting line outside of Jason Campbell.

[mheisig]

Originally Posted by Bill B

The thing is to get young players like San Diego you need to keep most of your draft picks and the current FO does not believe in this method - free agency is the current mindset of the Redskins front office and until they adopt a philosphy of building through the draft I don't think we will see younger players on the starting line outside of Jason Campbell.

That's very true. I'm hopeful teams like San Diego will prove the value of building through the draft. As much as I'd love a Super Bowl now or next season, it's a shame to see teams rise so high, get deep in the playoffs or win a Super Bowl, only to disintegrate the following season.